The first stage of the Long March-10 carrier rocket used in a flight test for China's crewed lunar exploration in future has been successfully fished out and retrieved from the sea, marking China's completion of its first-ever rocket first-stage booster maritime salvage and recovery mission.
According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, China successfully conducted a low-altitude demonstration and verification flight test of its Long March-10 carrier rocket and a maximum dynamic pressure abort flight test of its new-generation crewed spacecraft Mengzhou on Wednesday.
The success of the tests has provided valuable flight data and engineering experience for the crewed lunar exploration, said the office.
The Long March-10 carrier rocket is primarily used for crewed lunar exploration missions and supports operations of near-Earth space stations.
Long March-10's first stage retrieved from sea in China's first
Long March-10's first stage retrieved from sea in China's first
Long March-10's first stage retrieved from sea in China's first
China's Spring Festival travel rush continued to remain at high intensity on Friday, the 12th day of the 40-day period that started on Feb 2 this year, as transportation systems nationwide have kept handling surging passenger flows, official data showed.
On Friday, the national railway system is expected to handle 15.1 million passenger trips, and 2,117 additional passenger trains are planned, particularly on popular routes and key sections, to meet rising demand ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday running from Feb 15 to 23.
National highways are operating smoothly despite heavy traffic, with an estimated 42 million vehicle trips on Friday.
Heavy traffic is reported on the Jiangsu section of the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, the Zhejiang section of the Shanghai-Kunming Expressway, and the Anhui section of the Chuzhou-Xincai Expressway.
In the civil aviation sector, 19,994 flights are expected on the day to manage an estimated 2.46 million passenger trips.
The Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, is the world's largest annual human migration, as millions embark on journeys across the nation to reunite with loved ones and celebrate the arrival of the Chinese New Year on Feb 17 this year.
Nationwide transportation peak continues as Spring Festival travel rush enters Day 12
